The cultural context of "successful aging" among older women weavers in a Northern Okinawan village: The role of productive activity

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-165

  Willcox, D Craig ^a,b   Willcox, Bradley J ^b,c   Sokolovsky, Jay ^d   Sakihara, Seizo ^e  

^a Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basho fu weaving; Elderly women; Japan; Okinawa; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ART; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ART; CULTURE; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 34047128266     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-006-9032-0     Document Type: Article

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